Georgia Writer's Museum

Lisa Poisso will conduct a workshop to assist authors with overcoming the revision process. (CONTRIBUTED)

Lisa Poisso will conduct a workshop to assist authors with overcoming the revision process. (CONTRIBUTED)

Georgia Writers Museum workshop: The revision secret

News Staff
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Authors often get stuck in the revision process. They recognize their manuscript needs work but are unsure of what’s wrong. So, they fiddle with comma placement, delete a few words here, add different ones there, and still don’t feel like they’ve significantly improved their literary product.
(L-R:) Georgia Writers Museum’s Chip Bell, Paula Benjamin, Melissa Swindell and Lou Benjamin are ready to take on a major renovation project that will catapult the Eatonton arts mainstay into a must-see – and experience – attraction. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

(L-R:) Georgia Writers Museum’s Chip Bell, Paula Benjamin, Melissa Swindell and Lou Benjamin are ready to take on a major renovation project that will catapult the Eatonton arts mainstay into a must-see – and experience – attraction. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

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Georgia Writers Museum ready for next chapter

Ian Tocher
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The doors are closed right now at Eatonton’s favorite free attraction, the Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) and its accompanying bookstore on South Jefferson Avenue, just up the street from the historic Pex Theater and across the road from the iconic Putnam County courthouse.
GWM Book Review: One Wrong Word

GWM Book Review: One Wrong Word

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GWM Book Review: One Wrong Word

News Staff
Thursday, February 1, 2024
When I shared the WSB-TV newsroom in Atlanta with Hank Phillippi Ryan back in the ‘70s, it was obvious even then that she was not only a terrific young reporter but a powerful storyteller, too. I correctly predicted she’d go far.
Joined onstage at The Plaza by Sheryl McCollum (seated), founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute and emcee for the evening, serial killer survivor Kathy Kleiner-Rubin gave a moving, occasionally disturbing, and always revealing presentation Jan. 12-13 at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Joined onstage at The Plaza by Sheryl McCollum (seated), founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute and emcee for the evening, serial killer survivor Kathy Kleiner-Rubin gave a moving, occasionally disturbing, and always revealing presentation Jan. 12-13 at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

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GWM Crime & Wine event features serial killer survivor

Ian Tocher
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Nearly a quarter-century later to the day, Georgia Writers Museum presented back-to-back nights of the first-hand account of serial killer survivor Kathy Kleiner- Rubin Jan. 12-13 at The Plaza in Eatonton.
Hank Ryan/CONTRIBUTED

Hank Ryan/CONTRIBUTED

GWM hosting bestselling author Hank Ryan

Hank Phillippi Ryan
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Hank Phillippi Ryan is a New York Times bestselling author who also has won 37 Emmys for her investigative journalism. She has written 15 psychological thrillers that collectively have won five Agatha Awards, five Anthony Awards, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award.
L-R: “Sweet” Lamar, author Tony Barnhart, Charles Turner and Darryl Farley were all members of The 19 of Greene, the first integrated football team in Greene County High School’s history. IAN TOCHER/Staff

L-R: “Sweet” Lamar, author Tony Barnhart, Charles Turner and Darryl Farley were all members of The 19 of Greene, the first integrated football team in Greene County High School’s history. IAN TOCHER/Staff

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Barnhart discusses new book at GWM event

Ian Tocher
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Noted sportswriter and college football TV personality Tony Barnhart presented his new book, The 19 of Greene: Football, Friendship, and Change in the Fall of 1970 to a packed house on Dec. 5 as the final “Meet the Author” guest of the year for the Georgia Writers Museum (GWM).
Tony Barnhart/File Photo

Tony Barnhart/File Photo

GWM presents sports author Tony Barnhart

Tony Barnhart
Thursday, November 16, 2023
From Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, there have been many great books written about the challenges of racial integration.
Tara Rocker

Tara Rocker

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GWM hosting cookbook launch for local author

News Staff
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Georgia Writers Museum has announced the book launch of local writer Tara Rocker’s new book, My Sweet Home Georgia Cookbook. The book launch drop-in party will be held at the museum on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 5-7 p.m., with light hors d’oeuvres served.
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